Etienne, who has been the bishop in Cheyenne, Wyoming, for the past
eight years, will replace Archbishop Roger Schwietz, 76, who was
required to submit his resignation at age 75 under church canon law.

Etienne was born in Indiana, where two of his brothers serve as priests
in the Evansville diocese; a sister is a Benedictine sister at a
monastery in Beech Grove. He received a bachelor's degree in business
administration from the University of St. Thomas/St. John Vianney
College Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1986.

Etienne was first ordained as a priest in the Archbishop of
Indianapolis in 1992. He held various pastoral positions in Indiana
until 2009, when he was ordained as bishop of Cheyenne.

"I was up at the (family) farm with a chainsaw, working in the woods,"
Etienne said in the interview. "And, when he called, I was just getting
out of my pickup truck. I was in my Carhartt jeans and in my work boots,
and had nothing to take notes with. I was just sitting there in my
truck listening to him tell me that I've just been named (a) bishop. And
he had to say 'Cheyenne' four times before I could understand what he
was saying."

No date has yet been announced for Etienne's Anchorage installation as
archbishop, the Anchor said, but Schwietz will serve in an interim
capacity until it occurs.